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Greek Coins
| Arados, Phoenicia, c. 240 - 237 B.C. | |
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In 259 B.C. Arados increased her autonomy and dominated a federation of nearby cities including Gabala, Karne, Marathos and Simyra. Thus began the era of Aradus, to which the subsequent coins of the city are dated. Arados was not completely independent, however, the Seleukids retained overlorip |
| Ptolemaic Kingdom, Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator, 51 - 30 B.C. | |
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Cleopatra VII originally shared power with her father Ptolemy XII and later with her brother-husbands Ptolemy XIII and Ptolemy XIV. Her relationship with Julius Caesar led to sole rule. After Caesar's assassination, she aligned with Mark Antony. Her reign marks the end of the Hellenistic Era and the beginning of the Roman Era. She was the last Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt. |
| Perga, Pamphylia, Seleukid Empire, 196 - 195 B.C., In the Name of Alexander the Great | |
In 333 BC, the citizens of Perga, long under the rule ofPersia, welcomed their liberator Alexander the Great and his army into the city. When this coin was struck Perga was under Seleukid rule but retained the independence to strike coinage. This example is countermarked with a Seleukidanchor. Perga is notable as the home of the renowned mathematician Apollonius of Perga, who is believed to have lived at the time this coin was struck. | Seleucia Pieria, Syria, Autonomous Period, c. 37 - 36 B.C. | |
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The attribution of the countermark to Cleopatra is speculative, but the evidence seems to fit. Similar countermarks are known for Antioch, Chalkis, Seleukia and Laodicea. |
| Ptolemaic Kingdom, Ptolemy V Epiphanes, 204 - 180 B.C. | |
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This coin appears to have been retariffed to 2 1/2 Attic obols in the occupied territory. Very rare and interesting. The name of Ptolemy V Epiphanes appears on the Rosetta stone. He married Cleopatra I, the daughter of Antiochus III, and was the father of Ptolemy VI, VII, and Cleopatra II. Ptolemy V lost Palestine to the Seleukids at battle of Panium in 198 B.C. (Dan 11:13-16). |
| Chalkis sub Libano, Coele Syria, 85 - 40 B.C. | |
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| Seleucia Pieria, Syria, Autonomous Period, c. 37 - 36 B.C. | |
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The attribution of the countermark to Cleopatra is speculative, but the evidence seems to fit. Similar countermarks are known for Antioch, Chalkis, Seleukia andLaodicea. |
| Lot of 3 Countermarked Bronzes, Kallatis, Thrace, 3rd - 2nd Century B.C. | |
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Callatis, on the Black Sea, is today Mangalia, the oldest town in Romania. In Greek Callatis means "the beautiful." -- Greek Imperial Coins, Vol. I, Dacia, Moesia Superiror, Moesia Inferior by Ivan Varbanov |
| Seleukid Kingdom, Antiochus XII Dionysos, c. 87 - 84 B.C., Incuse CornucopiaCountermark (Akko-Ptolemais?) | |
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Antiochus XII was immediately challenged by the Nabataeans whose territories had grown during the Seleucids' perpetual fratricidal wars. While Antiochus was campaigning against the Nabataeans, these wars continued - Philip I took Damascus. Antiochus was forced to return to Damascus and evict his brother. Returning to the Nabataean front again, Antiochus, this time, had to overcome the resistance of AlexanderJannaeus en route. He soon perished in battle at the hands of the Nabataeans, leaving Damascus rulerless. Damascus, the long time Southern stronghold of Seleucid power freely gave itself over to the benevolent rule of King Aretas III ofNabataea. |
| Apollonia Pontica, Thrace, 3rd Century B.C. | |
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| Seleucid Kingdom, Seleukos II, 246 - 226 B.C.; Horse Trotting Right Countermark | |
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Houghton and Lorber I, volume 2, p. 64 notes this type may be from Larissa in Syria Seleucis or Hippos in Coele Syria. Both cities later issued punning horse types on their later autonomous issues. |
| Kalchedon, Bithynia, 3rd - 2nd Century B.C. | |
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The position of Chalcedon, on the eastern shore of theBosporus, was not as favorable as that of Byzantion on the opposite side. The Persian Megabazus (Herod. iv. 144) said the founders of Chalcedon must have been blind, for Chalcedon was settled seventeen years before Byzantium; and the settlers, we must suppose, had the choice of the two places. |
| Dionysopolis, Moesia Inferior, c. 2nd - 1st Century B.C. | |
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Examples of this type, usually in finer style, are dated by some numismatists to the late 3rd century B.C. Examples in this slightly less refined style are often dated to the 2nd century B.C. SNG Stancomb dates the type 1st century B.C. to 1st century A.D. |
| Krannon, Thessaly, Greece, 350 - 300 B.C. | |
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It was customary in time of drought to take a sacred chariot withHydria in procession through the City to supplicate Apollo for rain, and if a crow settled on the wheels, that was the sign that Apollowould grant the prayers of the faithful. -- Rev. Edgar Rogers in The Copper Coinage of Thessaly |
| Elagabalus, 16 May 218 - 11 March 222 A.D., Neapolis, Samaria | |
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Neapolis, Samaria, the biblical Shechemis, is now Nablus, Israel. It is the site of Joseph's Tomb and Jacob's well. Jesus spoke here to a Samaritan woman. Neapolis is home to about half the remaining worldwide Samaritan population of 600. |
